Congrats, you young whippersnapper. I just marked my 74th this Sunday, May 6th. Always nice to have ones birthday on Derby Day weekend, no? (P.S. I was born on a Saturday-my fave day of the week!) Until today I hadn't known we shared the same birth month. Shows how much I've been paying attention! (:- on me..

Ah, bon ami, welcome to official gezzerhood. Now we have to pay you due deference, you are now officially part of the older generation. The really good part is that we have now outlived most of those who were our detractors. The bad part is that they say that your memory is the second thing to go, and I'll be darned if I can remember the first.

Juvat - rereading the comments here and had to chuckle, though I knew what you meant by "vic," (vicinity) I do believe that's what the RAF called a formation of three aircraft in Dubya Dubya Deuce (as it looked like a V).

Wikipedia said:

Luftwaffe pilots were disparaging about the RAF’s use of the Vic formation during the Battle of Britain, calling them Idiotenreihen (“rows of idiots”).

Of course, the Luftwaffe gave us the now standard finger four formation, which they called a schwarm, literally a swarm.

Happy birthday, kid. Also, belated happy birthday to you, virgil. See, see OAFS, there is someone older than me. Not by much, granted, but older. I hope your special day ( you are taking the day off work, aren't you? ) is as wonderful as can be.

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to yooooouuuuu, happy birthday to you!! 65! Wow! It used to sound sooo old...now not so much...I'm not that far behind you.Hope you had a great day!

Well....Maybe 55 or something....Juvat's law of aging, count up to 50 then back down. Match the "effective age" to intellect, physical coordination, mental ability and bladder/bowel control and you'll see there's something to my law.